September 21, 2021 - By NJP Here are the NJ High school girl’s volleyball game selections for the NJP Predictor for 9/22… UPDATE 8:30PM: 40-6 SO FAR BUT 30+ GAMES LEFT... 87% ORIGINAL

September 21, 2021 - By NJP We will start with tonight's inner look on NJ HS girl's volleyball: Signature win by #10 North Hunterdon over Hunterdon Central tonight will continue to move them up in the NJP rankings. This is

September 20, 2021 - By NJP Big night for NJ girl's high school volleyball as we have almost 90 games on the schedule. NJP started up it's nightly game predictor today selecting the entire schedule of known games as

September 21, 2021 - By NJP Here are the NJ High school girl's volleyball game selections for the NJP Predictor for 9/21... UPDATE 8:30PM: 24-5 82.8%, STILL 10 GAMES LEFT TO REPORT ORIGINAL

September 19, 2021 - By Josh Wilets Some great matchups took place last week, as teams in the NJAC started to figure out their identity! First, some stat leaders: Kills: 1.       Mackenzie Rock (55) – Jefferson 2.       Lea Mackey (48) – Morris Knolls 3.       Sofia Fernandez (48)

September 19, 2021 - By NJP We will find out very quickly whether we have enough data to drive some success in our rating system and in our nightly Predictor game selections... Math is a wonderful thing! We will

September 19, 2021 - By NJP We continue to try to bring our analysis of NJ girl's high school volleyball to a new level, and we have incorporated a number of new data points into our standard formats. Our

September 19, 2021 - By NJP Two weeks are under our belts and it's time to crank up the algorithm and put out our first ranking. With some school teams playing just a couple of games, our confidence level

September 18, 2021 - By NJP We can all get caught up in trying to figure out the best teams and the best players as well who might be playing in college or an amazing play an athlete had

September 18, 2021 - By NJP We take a look at the Top 100 players in each stat category including overall and per set statistics as of Friday night's games. Keep scrolling!!! Congrats to all of these top players!!!

September 17, 2021 - By NJP It's Friday!!! That means a ton of NJ HS volleyball games on the schedule!!! WWPS flexed their muscles tonight against unbeaten Northern Burlington. Both teams entered the game at 4-0 and South took advantage

September 16, 2021 - By NJP We have all been affected by the pandemic in various different ways over the past 18 months. For NJ volleyball, we have had missed seasons for both club and high school as well

September 17, 2021 - By NJP The number of unbeaten NJ high school girl's volleyball teams has dropped to 61 as of 9/16/21. We project this number to drop to 10 by month end as the schedule wears on

September 16, 2021 - By NJP Tonight we are taking a look at some of the sophomores who are already starting to make an impact on their high school teams. With just 17% of all players on high school

September 16, 2021 - By NJP Well, that didn't take long. We started our lock of the night selections just a week ago and we have already been busted. After 10 straight wins, the Barron's of Woodbridge surprised previously

September 15, 2021 - By NJP Tonight we are taking a look at some of the freshman who have made teams and already starting to make an impact on the high school teams. First of all, such a small

September 15, 2021 - By NJP Last night, there was 83 teams that remained unbeaten out of well over 300 NJ high school teams. We expect that number to drop in half every couple of days until there are

September 15, 2021 - By NJP Having a perfect season is still in the hunt for 83 school teams in NJ high school girl's volleyball. We breakdown all the undefeated teams as well as their average scoring differential per

September 14, 2021 - By NJP Another busy Tuesday night as the NJ high school volleyball season heats up for the girls. We are going to jump right in and take an inner look at some of tonight's game

September 13, 2021 - By NJP Week two is underway for the NJ high school girl's volleyball season and we have started to get results from a packed Monday night schedule. Coming in to week 2, 62 teams have

September 13, 2021 - By Josh Wilets Week 1 in the NJAC featured a lot of close games, including an upset, as we take a look at the landscape of the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference girls volleyball scene: Tues, 9/7 Jefferson

September 12, 2021 - By NJP Such interesting results from the tournaments this past weekend. All updated tournament info at https://njpowerranking.com/2021/09/11/tournament-updates/ #1 Immaculate Heart Academy takes the NJ Classic for the fifth year in a row knocking off some of

September 12, 2021 - By NJP The current week USA Today high school rankings were just released and unfortunately, no NJ teams are in the national top 25. In Region 2 Northeast, Here is the update as of 9/12... Here

September 11, 2021 - By NJP There were many high school volleyball tournament today throughout New Jersey. Here is a recap of some of the major ones... If you have additional info, please feel free to share at njpowerranking@gmail.com.

September 11, 2021 - By NJP It's the first weekend of the season and there are multiple tournaments around the state, with a very big one in Williamstown. There was also a marquis match-up of NJAC rivals with Sparta

Saturday 1AM - Update through Friday night, 9/10 Here are week one stat leaders...

September 10, 2021 - By NJP Here is a link to the early addition Girl's Blog Part 1 https://njpowerranking.com/2021/09/10/girls-blog-9-10-part-1/ Continuing our inner look on tonight's schedule... Another strong win for #16 Hudson Catholic tonight as they start the season 2-0. The

September 10, 2021 - By NJP NJP will attempt to pick a "Lock of the Night" game or games each night of the season. The purpose of the "Lock" pick is to motivate the team we do not pick

September 10, 2021 - By NJP NJP is trying to facilitate finding a live stream to NJ High School Volleyball action as well as point you in the right direction for archived views of games that have taken place

September 9, 2021 - By NJP We had the opportunity to watch two games this afternoon, The IHA and Bogota battle in Bogota and Old Tappan visiting Clifton. So we are starting tonight blog with those two match-ups. We expected

September 9, 2021 - By NJP Abby Franks can block with the best of the NJ high school girl volleyball players. The 6' middle finished in the top 10 this Spring during the shortened season, tallying 27 rejections. She

September 8, 2021 - By NJP First night is in the books. When we think back to the Spring, the season seemed to go by in a snap of your fingers. We know that was a short season, but

September 8, 2021 - By Josh Wilets Randolph High School has a very promising player on the rise for their varsity girls volleyball team, that would be current junior middle-hitter Isabella ‘Izzy’ De Nigris. I took some time to chat

September 8, 2021 - By NJP This coming weekend on 9/11, Williamstown will be hosting a tournament featuring 10 of New Jersey's best girl's high school volleyball teams. The tournament combines traditional South powers Williamstown, Southern Regional, Cherokee, Washington

September 7, 2021 - By NJP It's Opening Night and the results are still being tabulated from today's games. Wanted to give a few quick shout outs to start the year off right... What an amazing start for Alexis Pavlinec

September 6, 2021 - By NJP The Girl's high school volleyball season starts tomorrow in New Jersey and there is a quiet sense that the Fall season will be back to normal for the most part. With a Spring

September 6, 2021 - By NJP What an amazing season the East Brunswick girls high school volleyball team had in the Spring, tallying a 15-1 overall record, a state sectional title, and some stellar performances by many of its

September 4, 2021 - By NJP The Seneca Golden Eagles are coming off a winning spring campaign and are focusing on the Fall season ahead. They graduate 7 of 11 players and will need to leverage the strength of

September 4, 2021 - By NJP Senior Myla Domazet has a passion for cooking and is looking to combine and align her love for volleyball in her collegiate choice. So how many schools offer Culinary Degrees as well as

September 3, 2021 - By NJP With the NJ HS season just a few days away, we took our best shot at projecting this years kills leaders for the NJ Girl’s High School volleyball season. We applied several algorithm’s

September 3, 2021 - By NJP USA Today has released their week 1 rankings for girls high school volleyball across the United States. They breakout their rankings into ten different regions. For NJ teams, we are represented in the NorthEast in

September 2, 2021 - By NJP We are getting very close to the NJ HS season and we are projecting this years assists leaders for the NJ Girl’s High School volleyball season. We applied our normal algorithm’s to our

September 2, 2021 - By NJP Maddy Oehme is one of the premier middles in the Shore Conference. The 6'1" student athlete will enter her senior year for Donovan Catholic this week. The Griffins are coming off an outstanding

September 1, 2021 - By NJP With the NJ HS season closing coming up fast, we took our best shot at projecting this years digs leaders for the NJ Girl’s High School volleyball season. We applied several algorithm’s to

August 30, 2021 - By NJP With the high school season closing in, we took our shot at projecting this years block leaders for the NJ Girl's High School volleyball season. We applied several algorithm's to the estimate and

August 29, 2021 - By NJP Audrey Sousa from Freehold Borough blasted on to the NJ high school volleyball scene as a freshman. She led the Colonials in kills in her initial year and is part of the youth

August 26, 2021 - By NJP Caldwell will be looking to stay near the top of the SEC in Fall 2021 and NJP sees them with a good chance of accomplishing this task. They are currently ranked 4th in

August 27, 2021 - By NJP In the last two seasons, the Williamstown Girl's high school volleyball team is 44-5 and has a Group 4 sectional title to show off as a result. The Southern Regional thwarted their chances

August 25, 2021 - By NJP (Some photos courtesy of Oscar Lino-Montes) We all know how much volleyball is a team sport. It relies on all of its players, starters and bench players, to have specific roles that

August 24, 2021 - By NJP The Madison Dodgers are coming off an outstanding spring season where they finished 10-4 and made it all the way to the North Jersey Section 2, Group 2 semi-final game. The senior-laden roster

August 23, 2021 - By NJP As Joyce Chen enters her senior season, she will have the opportunity to be the driving force on the JP Stevens offensive charge. She will slot in as the 6-rotation outside and we

August 21, 2021 - By NJP Verona is coming off an outstanding Spring short season, winning the North Section 2, Group 1, sectional title and finishing 13-2. Verona finished just outside the top 30 in NJP's final Spring rankings,

August 20, 2021 - By NJP With the Girl's College season coming up fast, we wanted to provide an easy way to track all of the college players with New Jersey roots. We have summarized all of the following links

August 19, 2021 - By NJP Over the past decade, Demarest Girl's high school volleyball has been one of the most successful programs in the state. Under Head Coach Beth Powell, the team is a perennial leader in the Big North

August 17, 2021 - By NJP Destiny & Meg The Shore can be a real battleground for NJ Girl's high school volleyball and this Fall will highly emphasize that fact. NJP's preseason rankings have two shore teams in the top 5 and

August 16, 2021 - By NJP The Payne Tech girl's volleyball program will be entering its 4th season, and it has built a strong following and presence on Market Street. The Spring brought another winning season for the Lions and despite

August 16, 2021 - By NJP Cherry Hill East is coming off an outstanding Spring season and has much to look forward to as we jump right back into the Fall schedule. No doubt they took their hits, losing 5 starting

August 15, 2021 - By NJP (Photo's courtesy of Juan Paolo Alicante @pixelpursuit on Instagram) Olivia Alicante is a New Jersey high school volleyball player that is always pushing herself to be better. She has a classic story of a student

August 14, 2021 - By NJP The Emerson Cavaliers have been working hard over the past years to get a winning record on the books and this may be the year they breakout in the NJIC. They broke the top 100

August 13, 2021 - By NJP The Our Lady of Mercy Academy girl's high school volleyball team had their first winning season in five years, powering to an 11-6 record, and a state sectional semi-final appearance. One of the big

August 10, 2021 - By NJP The Academy of St. Elizabeth will be a team to watch in the next few years. AOSE had one of the youngest teams this Spring fielding 75% underclassman on their roster and just one senior

August 9, 2021 - By NJP Junior Ava Pascual led Section 1, Group 4, title winning Ridgewood in kills last season and she will be in a perfect position to have a senior campaign to remember. The Maroons finished 14-3 this

August 9, 2021 - By Josh Wilets It was a magical season for the Sparta Spartans in the Spring 2021 slate, culminating in a NJSIAA North 1, Group 2 finals win over Demarest. Sparta, who will be seeing a

August 8, 2021 - By NJP The Shawnee Renegades are coming off a South Division 3 Sectional championship season where they ended the Spring 12-1 and finished first in the Olympic Conference. The Olympic was stacked with top flight teams such

August 6, 2021 - By NJP What an impressive freshman campaign Bryn Bautista accomplished for Washington Township this Spring. It is so uncommon for a first-year player to come into high school and make such a big impact. For

August 4, 2021 - By NJP When you are an outstanding athlete, you often get the opportunity to play multiple sports in high school. For rising senior Josie Marcinek, she has balanced her commitments of playing a high level of high

August 3, 2021 - By NJP Kiannisha Santiago The Hudson Catholic Hawks wasted no time getting back to the grind after a very succesful Spring High School season that ended just a few points away from a potential state championship.

August 2, 2021 - By NJP (Cover photo courtesy Scott Faytok) The Paul VI Eagles are coming off an outstanding Spring campaign that saw them finish 11-2 and earned a South Non-Public A Sectional title. The Eagles

August 1, 2021 - By NJP Here is some of the data that drove our Pre-season Ranking analysis...

August 1, 2021 - By NJP It's all in the numbers... math formula's, data algorithm's, and lot's of number crunching. But the NJ Girl's High School Volleyball preseason rankings are finally calculated and available for viewing below. In the next couple

July 29, 2021 - By Josh Wilets The Mendham girls volleyball team had yet another memorable season, finishing the spring 2021 slate with a 12-4 record. This incredible squad battled all season in the toughest division in the NJAC,

July 29, 2021 - By NJP With the Girl's high school season start 40 days away, we thought we would try to get caught up on some of the items related to the high school season. We are on unprecedented grounds

July 29, 2021 – By NJP Mia and Nick Gonzales It is always refreshing to see a freshman hit the high school scene and make a major contribution to their school’s success. There were a handful of freshman student athlete’s for volleyball

July 27, 2021 - By NJP As we prepare for the upcoming girl's high school season, NJP has been diligently updating its database of girls high school players for both their school team and their club teams. Our pre-season

July 24, 2021 - By NJP The Hudson Catholic Hawks continued their domination of Hudson County in the Spring and positioned themselves to possibly become the #1 team in the state by earning a showdown with the Immaculate Heart Blue Eagles

July 19, 2021 - By NJP Gloucester Tech (GCIT) has a high school volleyball team that has had continued success in the Tri-County conference. We expect the Cheetah's to have another strong season this Fall powered by three seniors,

July 18, 2021 - By NJP As you look back on the history of Union City girls' volleyball, it is easy to see the positive impact that Nathaly Flores has had on the Soaring Eagles Program. Prior to her

July 17, 2021 - By NJP For the last few years, Bridgewater Raritan has found it hard to get back to the glory they saw during the 2016-2017 season where they finished 22-7. They were 22-45 over the next

July 15, 2021 - By NJP Maria Nolan's volleyball program at IHA goes far beyond skill development. After 15 straight sectional titles, the formula for success is deeper than x's and o's on a chalkboard or drills in the

July 15, 2021 - By NJP Through games of July 15th, 2021... Boys Updated Results and Standings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrtGhUAyYQg Girls Updated Results and Standings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2QALSVGPi4

July 14, 2021 - By NJP When Mary Huegel took the floor for Colts Neck High School last Spring, she was looking to ignite a change. Not just a change in the uncertain COVID driven world, but a change for

July 11, 2021 - By NJP (Photo's credit - John Jones and Scott Faytok) Hailea Krause has been waiting for this opportunity since fifth grade. After falling in love with the game of volleyball at such an early age, the

July 9, 2021 - By NJP Roxbury is coming off an outstanding season in the shortened Spring session. The Gaels finished at 10-3 overall, losing two games to Sectional champs Sparta and to Tenafly in the Section 1 Group 3 Quarterfinals.

Updated July 8, 2021 - By NJP Harrison will once again be hosting a summer high school volleyball league for both girls and boys programs. The Schedule kicked off today with all teams playing games. This year's participants are as follows: BOYS

July 2, 2021 - By NJP The USA Today High School Sports Awards is a wonderful recognition program for high school athletes across the United States. Based on statistical contributions, they select the top nominees for Volleyball athletes and then showcase

July 1, 2021 - By NJP The USA Today High School Sports Awards is a wonderful recognition program for high school athletes across the United States. Based on statistical contributions, they select the top nominees for Volleyball athletes and then showcase

July 1, 2021 - By NJP The USA Today High School Sports Awards is a wonderful recognition program for high school athletes across the United States. Based on statistical contributions, they select the top nominees for Volleyball athletes and then showcase

By Old Bridge Knight Junior Libero Rob Obdyke The Three-Peat was literally all we talked about.  It was September of 2019, and the only thing that was on our minds was a three-peat.  At that time, around 75% of the 2021

June 20, 2021 - By NJP The Boys High School volleyball season is over for just about a week now and we have been immersed in preparing year-end awards and trying to finalize our end of season rankings. We still have

June 19, 2021 - By Josh Wilets Division Champions American - Sparta Freedom - Jefferson Independence - Mountain Lakes Liberty - Morris Catholic National - Morris Knolls Which NJAC Teams Won State Tournament Brackets? North, Section 1 - Group 2: Sparta North, Section 2 - Group 2: Hackettstown (co-winner) North,

June 15, 2021 - By NJP Here is the final rankings for the NJ high school boys volleyball season...

June 14, 2021 - By NJP It was an electric atmosphere in South Brunswick tonight as New Jersey's top two teams came face to face to decide who is the best boys high school volleyball team in the state. It was

June 13, 2021 - By NJP The table is set for tomorrow. A State Champion will be crowned tomorrow at South Brunswick High School. And another Boys high school volleyball season will be in the books. It has been an amazing

June 11, 2021 - By NJP The TOC semi-final games were today. The NJ HS State Championship finals are now set. Old Bridge will get their three-peat chance against the Southern Rams on Monday at South Brunswick. Old Bridge was dominant

June 9, 2021 - By NJP Certainly some surprises tonight in the NJ Boys High School Volleyball Sectional Finals. There are just 4 teams left in the hunt for the NJ State Championship but every winner tonight took home

June 8, 2021 - By Josh Wilets On Tuesday, Sparta varsity volleyball middle-hitter Daniella Abbastante became the second player this season to commit to play collegiate volleyball. Abbastante, or ‘Abs’ as her teammates would call her, has decided to take her talents

June 8, 2021 - By NJP Sectional Finals Analysis #3 Old Bridge at #1 Christian Brothers Academy This game is better suited for the State Championship Final but these two top teams get to play in the Sectional Final instead. Only one team

June 8, 2021 - By NJP Here is the updated Player Rater for NJ Boys High School Volleyball as of June 8th. By Player By Team

June 8, 2021 - By NJP Here is the Ranking Progression Analysis for the remaining teams in the State Playoff Tournament. The Predictor uses this factor to measure positive and negative trends in the rating formula. It also gives some insights

June 8, 2021 - By NJP As we enter the final 7 days of the season, we thought we would give a quick update to the NJP Rankings to better position the Predictor for the for the final seven games. Eight